Solution architecture: Back up cloud applications and data to cloud

Back up data and applications running in Azure to another Azure location by using Azure Backup or a partner solution.

This solution is built on the Azure managed services: Backup and Blob storage. These services run in a high-availability environment, patched and supported, allowing you to focus on your solution instead of the environment they run in.

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Implementation guidance

Azure Backup service runs on the cloud and holds the recovery points, enforces policies, and enables you to manage data and application protection. You don’t need to create or manage an Azure Blob storage account when using Azure Backup.

An agent provided by the partner backup provider is installed on each virtual machine that needs to be backed up. It has access to data and applications running on the virtual machine and interacts with a virtual appliance such as Commvault Simpana hosted on Azure.

Back up data and applications from an on-premises system to Azure using Azure Backup or a partner solution. An Internet connection to Azure is used to connect to Azure Backup or Azure Blob storage. Azure Backup Server can write backups directly to Azure Backup. Alternatively, a partner solution such as Commvault Simpana or Veeam Availability Suite, hosted on-premises, can write backups to Blob storage directly or via a cloud endpoint such as Veeam Cloud Connect.